Skater Girl Ch. 1

Hi, I'm Samantha, but most people call me Sam. I'm 17 years old and I'm about to start my senior year of high school. I'm a skater chick and proud of it! My best friend since pre k is Carter Anderson and I've been totally in love with him since pre k. My parents are divorced and I live with my mom in Manhattan. My mom is a lawyer and she's a workaholic, but I see that as a good thing because I get to have wild parties whenever I want. I dyed my hair black when I was 14 and I'm like the smallest person at my school but that's what makes me awesome! I have huge green eyes that are disproportional to the rest of my body.

"Sam, you here?!" Carter shouted coming in through the front door of my moms’ loft, since he has a key.

"Yeah, I'm in the kitchen!" I shouted back even though Carter knew I was in the kitchen and he knew I wouldn't leave before he showed up.

"Hey, so first day of senior year," he said sitting down next to me. "how do you feel?"

"I feel like skipping." I answered the same way I do every time he asks that question.

"Well you know what? I won't let you, because this year you look extra hot and this year you can put Peyton Nash in her place because you are way prettier then she is." he said.

"Okay, you and I both know that that is not true. But, I could put Peyton in her place in a different way but Rodriguez would probably expel."

"If you put Peyton in her place like that, you'd be my hero and I'm not kidding." Carter said very seriously and I couldn't help but laugh.

When we got to school there was a mob of people around none other than Peyton Nash her best friends Anna Wilson and Liv Lewis and Peyton’s quarterback boyfriend Connor Thompson. They were all pretty good looking, especially Connor. I was one of the very, very few girls at our school that didn't have a crush on him.

Peyton Nash is the devil, not kidding, she is the meanest most stuck up girl on the face of the earth and Anna and Liv aren't much better. Peyton is like 6 feet tall, she's a bleach blonde and it looks ridiculous. Anna is a redhead and she's actually normal height, and Liv spent like 20 thousand dollars in a quest to look exactly like Peyton.

"Who do they think they are?" I asked no one in particular.

"They think they're Peyton Nash, Anna Wilson, and Liv Lewis. The most fabulous girls at Eastwood High." said Carter.

"You think they're fabulous?" I asked without emotion

"No, I think they're wannabes and they're goal in life is to make girls that are fabulous think they're not." said Carter as the bell rang and people started heading into the building.

First through third period was boring as usual but at lunch thing became very, very, very weird.

I walked into the lunch room with Carter and my other best friend Audrey Young and the smell of old meat and artificial cheese flooded me. When I got past the horrible I noticed something creepy and unnatural. Connor Thompson was smiling at me. Connor. Thompson. At first I thought I was dreaming, but then I realized that if this were a dream there was no way Peyton would be hear and unfortunately she was.

"Hello? Earth to Sam." said Audrey trying to get my attention.

I snapped out of it because I was holding up the line. When Carter, Audrey, and I got out of the line we went over to our usual table where we were joined by Jada Perez. Oh, did I forget to tell you? Yeah, Jada is Carter's girlfriend. Yup, I said girlfriend. See, I'm head over heels for Carter but, Carter's head over heels for Jada and that's kind of a problem.

"Hey babe." Carter said giving Jada a peck on the cheek that almost made me leap across the table and tackle Jada. Only one person in the whole world knew that I loved Carter and that was Audrey. There were three reasons why I hated Jada. One, she's Carter's girlfriend. Two, she's absolutely gorgeous. Three, she's really, really, really nice! It's like I can't find a fault in her!

I needed an excuse to get up from the table so I said I was going to the bathroom. I got up and left the lunch room. When I was coming back from the bathroom, I accidentally bumped into someone. I was going to just keep walking but the person I bumped into had other plans

"Hey, Sam Gray, right?" said a husky voice. It took me a minute to realize that Connor Thompson was actually talking to me.

"Um... yeah." I said awkwardly not really knowing how to address the most popular guy in school.

He just smiled and handed me a piece of paper and said "Call me." before he turned to go back into the lunch room leaving me in a daze wondering what CONNOR THOMPSON saw in ME!